Texas law treats municipal severance agreements as public business. Under Local Government Code §180.011, when a political subdivision enters a severance agreement, specific information must be posted publicly — while employee privacy in the underlying records is still protected. Cities that quietly pay severance and file the paperwork are out of compliance, and the discovery usually arrives via a records request or a council meeting.
This template provides the posting in ready-to-fill form: position title without personal identifiers, department, severance amount, effective date of separation, and funding source, plus the statutory note covering H.B. 762’s limits — including the cap of 20 weeks of regular compensation and the exclusion of severance in misconduct cases — and the authorization block for the city manager or HR director.
Who should use this template
- Texas city managers and city secretaries executing severance agreements
- Municipal HR directors responsible for statutory postings
- City attorneys standardizing separation practice across departments
- Special districts and other political subdivisions covered by Chapter 180
What it helps prevent
- Severance agreements executed with no statutory public posting
- Postings that disclose employee identifiers privacy law protects
- Severance payouts exceeding the 20-week H.B. 762 limit
- Severance paid in misconduct cases where the statute excludes it
- Records-request surprises about undisclosed separation payments
What’s inside
- Public notice format citing Local Government Code §180.011
- Position title, department, amount, and effective date fields — no names
- Funding source disclosure line
- H.B. 762 limitation language — 20-week cap and misconduct exclusion
- Posting date and authorization block
- Editable Word format for city letterhead
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